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Help! Rear Strut Re-installation

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Barre

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Hi All,

In an evening of supreme over-confindence, I've managed to remove my H&R coilover system and replace them with the stock parts. Front end went fine. Removed rear coilovers, re-assembled the stock struts without trouble. I've run into trouble re-mounting the strut. As the driveshaft/rear arms seem to want to be level and obviously the strut wants to be extended, it's tough to get the lower mounting bolt aligned. I'm assuming that I need to detach one of the suspension links - but which one? Or is there an alternate method?

Hail self reliance! Well, almost...

Thanks for any help!

Barre

ffelan Member

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we found that buy wiggling it a bit it just dropped in - sorry if this is vague.. but mine went back together really easily...

Barre Member

Barre

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I can get it to drop in. The problem is that the hole in the shock it lower than the hole in the suspension arm. If I try to compress the shock with a jack, it just raises the arm and the shock. I'm only missing by about 3-4 mm. Arg!

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When I did mine, I used a long breaker bar to gently push the lower suspension arm down in order to install the bolt. Good Luck! Lou

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ninerguru

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Between the lower suspension trailing arm and the actual chassis, right below the CV joint, you just want to gently lower the suspension arm... Lou

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Barre Member

Barre

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Did it!

Thanks everyone for you help.

Thanks for the photo, too.

Hope I can return the favor some day!

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